Keeneland to stick with Polytrack despite Del Mar's decision

4:19 PM,
Feb. 21, 2014

Keeneland's Polytrack

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Del Mar hopes to return to a dirt surface for its 2015 race meeting, ending a seven-year run with the Polytrack synthetic surface. But don't look for Keeneland to follow suit.

"We understand and appreciate the decision of Del Mar to return to a dirt racing surface," Keeneland spokeswoman Amy Gregory said in a statement in response to a Courier-Journal inquiry. "At Keeneland, our mission has always been about providing racing at the highest level. Part of that mission, and critical to the growth of our sport, is to provide the safest racing surface possible for our human and equine athletes.